Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Bryophyta
()
- Mosses
- Class:
Bryopsida
()
- Mosses
- Order:
Leucodontales
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Genus:
Meteorium
()
- Specific epithet:
polytrichum
- Dozy & Molkenboer, 1848
- [Greek polys, many, and thrix, hair; applied in antiquity to plants with fine, hairlike parts, including mosses; now alluding to hairy calyptra]
- Botanical name: - Meteorium polytrichum Dozy & Molkenboer, 1848
- Specific epithet:
polytrichum
- Dozy & Molkenboer, 1848
- [Greek polys, many, and thrix, hair; applied in antiquity to plants with fine, hairlike parts, including mosses; now alluding to hairy calyptra]
- Genus:
Meteorium
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Leucodontales
(
- Class:
Bryopsida
(
- Phylum:
Bryophyta
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-Jul-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Meteorium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 113 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
M. aciculatum · M. aeruginosum · M. africanum · M. ambiguum · M. ancistrodes · M. aongstromii · M. appressum · M. araucariophila · M. assimile · M. atratum · M. atrocaule · M. atrovariegatum · M. balansaeanum · M. biforme · M. biplicatum · M. brasiliense · M. buchananii · M. cerinum · M. ciliaphyllum · M. consimile · M. crinitum · M. crispifolium · M. cubense · M. cucullatum · M. cuspidiferum · M. decurrens · M. denticulatum · M. deppei · M. diversifolium · M. dubyanum · M. elatipapilla · M. enerve · M. excavatum · M. filicis · M. filiferum · M. filiforme · M. flaccidum · M. flammeum · M. flexicaule · M. flexile · M. flexipes · M. frondosum · M. funale · M. gerale · M. helminthocladulum · M. helminthocladum · M. heterophyllum · M. himalayense · M. illecebraria · M. illecebrinum · M. illecebrum · M. imbricatum · M. implanatum · M. inordinatum · M. intricatum · M. kermadecense · M. laevifolium · M. lanosum · M. latiphyllum · M. leuconeurum · M. limbatum · M. livens · M. longebarbatum · M. longisetum · M. macranthum · M. medium · M. minutum · M. miquelianum · M. miquelianum atrovariegatum · M. miquelianum miquelianum · M. nematosum · M. nigrescens · M. nitens · M. orbifolium · M. papillarioides · M. patulum · M. pensile · M. phymatodes · M. polytrichum · M. pseudoteres · M. punctulatum · M. quinquefarium · M. recurvifolium · M. regnellii · M. retrorsum · M. revolutum · M. rigens · M. rigidum · M. riograndense · M. rotundifolium · M. rufescens · M. rugulosum · M. rutilans · M. scaberrimum · M. sinuatum · M. spathulifolium · M. squamidioides · M. squarrosum · M. stellatum · M. stramineum
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Moss TROPICOS DatabaseJul 1, 2004.
- Moss TROPICOS: the World Checklist of Mosses
- MOST: Moss TROPICOS Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Musci
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: Plants of Papua New Guinea
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: MEXU/Colección de Briofitas
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3338774
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: MOS-35151245
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 530447
